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...ucceeded in this role by [[Henry Charteris (c1565–1628)]]. The appointment of [[Andrew Ramsay]] as Rector in 1620, distinct from [[Principal]], saw the t ...little or no involvement. By 1838 the then Lord Provost, Sir James Forrest of Comiston, was unclear whether he was the Rector or not.

The Rectorial Election of 1932 was the first in which the principal candidates were not career politi ...20-23), [[Stanley Baldwin, 1st Earl Baldwin of Bewdley (1867-1947)|Stanley Baldwin]] (1923-26), and [[Sir Winston Leonard Spencer-Churchill (1874-1965)|Winsto